So, today we’re talking about African Pantheons. Now, you might say, that’s ridiculous. Africa isn’t a single place with a single pantheon, and we’d be fools to try and cover all that in an eleven minute video. You’d be right. Instead we’re going to focus on Yoruba religion from west Africa, and the Orishas that populate Yoruba stories. The many, many Orishas cover all aspects of life, and can be pretty specialized. We’re going to focus on a dozen or so.
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What about Japanese Pantheon??
An amazing video! thank y'all for this🙌🏾the only critique I think should be know is that the Orisha aren't bound to any specific gender. They choose to show themselves in fluidity. We come from a Matriarchy and that's embedded in the culture despite its evolution.
The shocking history of enslavement of 1.5 million white Europeans in North Africa in the 16th century
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BRIDGET BOAKYE May 30, 2018 at 02:13am
Lol i didn't even know he was talking about Yoruba, he butchered it so much🤣🤣🤣
I cringe every time he says Yoruba as You-rue-ba
This is wrong. Signed, a crowned child of Changó
Mispronounces Yorùbá….NOT Yo-ROO-bah. No. Not.
Yo-roo-BAH. Sheesh!
Greek and nosk mythology are mostly heavy topics. This I never knew and thanks for the information. Also don't worry buddy, I know I would blast too for butchering those names lol.. Great vid
Yoruba= YOUR-rah-BA
this was so helpful, thank you so much
v good
Cudjoe Lewis is my great grandpa 🤴🏽👁👸🏽
1 thing…..Orunmila reads PALM nuts(seeds) not pine nuts .There are no pine trees in Osogbo
African spirituality pre dates norse and greek so they got the idea of thor and zues from shango
Orisha of illness is also the orisha of healing, I think
Imagine being the god that caught the cassava power. lol
Yo- Row- Bar
Not
Yew-ru-ba
as an Afro-Brazilian person, this was awesome.
Hello! I am a descendant of the yoruba tribe, thank you for helping guide me back to my ancestors
I absolutely love the origin story of these gods.
What is the summary of this video
Y'all lieing this is all the way off as a spiritualist studying Ifá in community with so ifá practitioners this ain't it
African and Native American myths seem more wholesome and less batshit than Western ones
Yo-ru-bah sorry it was just bothering me
Butchery is a sad and bloody affair
😅🤣😂
Ogiyan is the god of Gari😅
Thundergods from across the world. Igbo- Amadioha, Ghanian/Ashanti – Nyakonpong, Chinese/ Tao- Leigong, ,Zeus/ Jupiter( Greek and Roman/Italian) Norse- Thor (Danes, Finnish and Germans), Japanese/Shinto- Susano’o and Raijin , Indian/Hindu- Indra. Please give me more thundergods from every culture, race and religion. Storm gods and sky gods also could as thunder gods as thunder falls under control over the storms or the sky. I would want to know more for something I am writing
Olorun is described as anabstract being a true god. He is all powerful and all knowing and lives in another dimension. While most Orisha are orginal humans who were made gods by Orunmila.
The yoroobah 😂 as a yoruba that's not how u pronounce it
"Some get to make really delicious side dishes." lol
Why not an African narrator talking the African gods history ?
One day, we Will tell Our Story 🤔
Long overdue I love it
You forgot Celtic mythology, and the tuatha de dannan of Ireland.
Did this man call voodoo a cult there is a reason why black people don’t want you to tell there story and I’m not saying yt people can’t just at least pic one who is a brother at heart not this clown
Just to be clear this just a general and umm interesting explanation of them…umm yah nvm 👍
I do wonder if the mesoamerican myths and pantheon will be covered
nice
Also glad to see Yoruba getting some attention on YouTube. Yoruba religion is also practiced in Cuba. There, it is called "Santería".
Sorry not sorry but as soon as man pronounced yoruba like that i knew it was time to go but i stayed and loved it 😂
I like this guy
Thanks, this is great, except one Correction: "African slave trade"? No it's European slave trade. Why do Europeans continuously erase their ancestors sins?
You could have just titled this the Yoruba Pantheon….
This is highly accurate. Ashe to you 🌞🙌🏿🙌🏾🙌🏽🙌🏼🙌🏻